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Recent Examples of otter
The otter will then go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for up to eight weeks of critical care.
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Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
The Detroit Zoo will be posting updates as the pups continue to grow and hit new milestones, so following the zoo’s social media is your best bet for the freshest otter content.
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Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
And somewhere in Detroit, a summer otter debut is taking shape.
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Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
The North American river otter is one of only two native otter species in the country, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation.
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Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2026
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Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
The Detroit Zoo will be posting updates as the pups continue to grow and hit new milestones, so following the zoo’s social media is your best bet for the freshest otter content.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
And somewhere in Detroit, a summer otter debut is taking shape.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
The North American river otter is one of only two native otter species in the country, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation.
—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for otter
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There’s the yellow, blue-nosed beaver Norb (Nick Bakay) — witty, sophisticated, sarcastic, and opinionated.
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In recent years, however, beaver reintroductions have started to become more popular in the country because these semi-aquatic rodents are amazing natural engineers.
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Sonoma County Animal Services said its officers responded to the resident's call and discovered that the otter was actually a tiny baby American mink.
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The American mink likely wandered into the resident's yard from the riverbank, according to the Sonoma County Animal Service.
Noun
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Both minks and otters are mustelids, a family of carnivores that also includes badgers, weasels, and wolverines.
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Over the next several decades, a roll call of Pennsylvania’s native animals would be extirpated, including mountain lions, wolves, wolverines, badgers, pine marten, and fisher cats; whitetail deer were nearly wiped out of the state, as were black bears and turkeys.
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This enables researchers to track spatial and temporal trends for many Wisconsin species, such as black bears, bobcats, coyotes, opossum and raccoons.
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Critter Control offers specialized pest control plans to get rid of raccoons, squirrels, rats, mice, bats and more.
Noun
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Gassing of the muskrat runs, or burrows, was also tried.
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In fact, one quite successful muskie artificial lure is fashioned of fur in the shape of a small muskrat, and has a black soft-plastic tail.
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The ranch also may be home to threatened or endangered species, including Canada lynx, American marten, snowshoe hare and Gunnison’s prairie dog.
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Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines.
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Plants tolerate a range of soils and are unbothered by rabbits or deer.
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There’s a bug-eyed rabbit, a blue donkey and several variations of what appear to be skulls.
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Depredation occurs when a shark steals an angler’s catch off their line, and Florida’s fishers are tired of it.
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The fin-monitoring program worked because fishers participated voluntarily.
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“Otter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/otter. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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